Jose, the son of Jose and Maria Soto, suffered a fractured skull, broken pelvis, broken leg and internal injuries and remained in critical condition in the intensive care lunit at Ben Taub Hospital for more than a week.

The incident occurred in the parking lot of an apartment complext at Hollister and Pittman Road. Policeman Pete Araiza said the boy was riding his bicycle 20 or 30 feet behind the pickup when the driver backed up at a high rate of speed and struck him.